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Is off-topic.debate a competition?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:04:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> As long as I'm the one "in the penalty box" any dross I post will be easy to
> ignore for everyone else (ditto for Scott if he's in) BUT posting something
> really engaging gets me out and puts Scott in. Now HIS dross gets ignored
> but if he can come up with something great, back in I go.
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> It just needs a scorekeeper. I nominate a Dave (to be rotated).
Hmm... the hockey analogy seems to bring the whole issue home. It seems that
for Larry, debate is not about discussion, its about WINNING the debate. Its
not about learning something new, its about supressing/discrediting the
opposing opinion/facts.
Maybe we need a off-topic.discussion group and let the debaters compete in
off-topic.debate.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Is off-topic.debate a competition?
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| (...) I don't see this comment as useful. Or true either, for that matter. In fact most of your comments lately have seemed to be trying to carry the notion forward that all I want to do is insult others. That's just flat out false and my record (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Is off-topic.debate a competition?
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| (...) Where did this come from? Sure, Larry like to win, don't we all? And there's probably an element of that here, too, but I personally think a large percentage of what he posts here (except when personal comments are involved) is *very* (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: A modest proposal from a modest person
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| (...) In fact, the more I think about this, the more I like it. It gives a very strong incentive NOT to post irrelevant things, and instead to post things that are so compelling that people want to reply to them. As long as I'm the one "in the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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